Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-10


and Rowland Hin, and Charles Flnney.
and other giants Of soul-reaping are rest
ing trOm their almOSS Supernatural Ia
bors, their doors thrON~ed with converts
Just arrived, coming tN CINp0rt themselVes.
But brilliant as the sun ~, and ike the
leaves for number, are the celeetial homes
YET to be awarded, when Christ TO you,
and millions Of others, shall divide the
spoil. What do you want there? You
shall have 1t. An orchard? There it is;
twelve manner Of fruit, and fruit every
month. Do YOU want river scenery? Take
your choice on the banks of the river, In
longer, wider, deeper roll than Danube,
or Amazon, or Mississippi If mingled in
one, aud emptylng into the sea OF glass,
mingled with fire. Do you want your
kindred back again? Go out and meet
your father aud mother without the stan
or the stoOp, and your children In dance
of immortal 2lee. Do you wanta throne?
Select 1t from the million FURNISHED eleVa-
tions. Do you want a crown? Pick 1t
out OF that mounts ain of diam0nded coro-
nets. Do you want your old churcn
friends of earth around you! Begin TO
hum an old revival tune and they Will
flock from all quarters to reVel with you
in sacred Renaissance. All the earth Tor
those who are here on earth at the time OF
continental and planetary distribution,
and all the heavens for those who are there.
That heavenly distribution of SPOTS
will be surprise to many. Here enters
heaven the soul OF a man who took up a
great deal OF room in the church on earth
but sacrificed little, and among his good
works seitshuess was evident. He just
crowds through the shining gate, but 1t ls
very tight squeeze SO tnat the doorkeeper
has TO pull hard TO get him n,and this man
expects half of heaven tor his share OF
trophies, and he would like a monopoly OF
all its splendor,and to purchase lots la the
suburbs 80 that he could get advantage
from the growth of the city. Well, he had
q little grace OF heart, just enough 10 get
MIN through, and to him is given a second
hand crown which one OF the saints wore
at the start, but exchanged for brighter
one as be went on from glory to glory.
Aud he is put In an old house once occu-
Died by an angel who was hurled out Of
heaven at the time ofSatan's rebellion.
Right after him comes soul that makes
a great stir among the celesuals, and the
angels rush to the scene each bringing TO
her a dazzling cOronet. Who Is sheY
Over what realm on earth was she queen!
In what great Dusseldorf festival was she
the cantatrice? Neither. She was an in-
valid who never LETT her room for twenty
years; but she was Strong IN prayer, and
she prayed down revival after revival,
and pentecOst after pentecost, upon the
churches, and with her pale hands she
knit many a mitten or tippet for the poor,
and with her contrivances she added Joy
to many "A holiday festival, and now, with
those thin hands so strong for kindness,
and with those white lips so strong for
supplication, she has won coronation, and
enforcement, and jubilee. And Christ
SAYS to the angels who have brought each
a crown Tor the giOrifed invalid: mo;
not these; they are not good enough. But
in the jeweled vase at the right hand side
of my throne there is one that nave been
preparing for her many year, and for
ner every pRng / have set an amethyst.
and Tor her every good deed have set
pearl. Fetch it now and fulfill the prom
ise gave her long ago ia the sick room :
BE thou faithful unto death, and l Will
give thee crown"
But notice that there is only one being
in the universe who can and will dis
tribute the trophies OF earth and heaven.
1t ia the Divine Warrior, the commander
in-chief OF the centuries, the champion OF
the ages, the universal cOnqueror the
son of God, Jesus. You will take the
spois from His hand, or never IaKe them
at ali. Have his friendship and YOU may
DEFY all time and all eternity, but without
1t you we're pauper, though you had a
u
in Revelation that Jacobs twelve sons
we're so nonored as to have the twelve
gates of Heaven named after them-oVer
one gate OF Heaven NaDhtali, over an
other gate Of Heaven lssachar, over an
other Dan, over another Cad, over an
other Zebulon, over another Judah, and
so on. But ChrisGs name is written over
all the gates, and on every panel of the
gates, aud have HIS help. Bis pardon, His
intercession, His atonement, | must, or
be a forlorn wretch forever. My Lord
and my God. make me and all who hear
me this day, and all to whom these words
snail come, Thy repentant, believing,
sworn, cOnsecrated aud ransomed follow
ers forever.
What IA day it will be! This entire
assemblage would rise to your feet If you
could realize it, the day in which Christ
shall in fulhlment OF my text divide the
spoil. 1t was a great day when Queen
Victoria, in the midst OF the Crinsan
war. distributed pedals 10 the soldiers
who mad come home sick ard wounded.
At the Horse Guards, in presence Of the
royal family, the injured men were carried
liz or came on crutches-COl. Trow-
bridge, VINO lost both feet at lnkerman ;
and Capt. Sayer, who had the ankle joint
Of his right leg shot on at Alma; and
Capt. Cure, his disabled limb supported
by soldier, ana others manned. anddis-
uyured, and eXhausted-and with her own
hand the Queen gave each the Crimean
medal. And what triumphant days for
those soldiers when, further on, they re-
ceiyed the French medal with the i'm
perial eagle, and the Turkish medal with
its representation of four fiags-France,
Turkey, England and Sardinia-aDd be.
meath it a map Of the Crlmea spread over
gun wheel.
And what rewards are suggested to all
readers Of history by the mere mention
OF the Waterloo medal, and the Cape
medal, and the Gold Cross medal, and the
medal struck for bravery IN the American
wars. But how Insignificant all these
compared with the day wnen the good SOL
diors OF Jesus Christ shall come in out of
the battles OF this world, and IN the pres
ence Of all the pied-up 2lOries OF the re-
deemed and the untallen, Jesus, our King
shall divide the spoiil The more wounds,
the greater the Inheritance. The longer
the forced march, the brighter the trophy.
The more terrific the exhaustion, the
more glorious the transport. Not the gift
OF brilliant ribbon, or a medal OF brass,
or silver, or gold, but a Kingdom In which
we are TO reign for ever and ever. Man
sions on the eternal hills. Dominions of
unfadlng power. Empires OF unending
love. Continents Of unending light. At
lantlc aud Pacific Oceans OF billowing
10Y. IL VAS a great day when Aurelian,
the Roman Emperor. came,back from his
victories. In the front OF the procession
were wild beasts from all lands, sixteen
hundred gladiators richly clad, wagon